how do all,
on saturday i went out for a ride. It was -5 on the car thermometer, but I was well wrapped up, a few layers, three pairs of socks, waterproofs, nice cosy lined gloves.
Got going up the first climb, and after a few hundred yards I couldn't breathe, went dizzy and felt like i was going to pass out. Not pleasant at all.
I'm not asthmatic, there's no history any kind of illness and I'm relatively fit.
It looks like it's most likely to be this.
http://www.snowbikers.com/articles/cold_air.html
If i din't have a few mates with me (cheers mark, adam, paul), it could've been worse. If it's very cold, cover your mouth.
Thanks. That's interesting stuff. Maybe you should repost it with the heading "StrathPuffer" for those who are doing the race for the first time.
Good grief, can somebody précis ? I rode in similar temperatures yesterday and the only symptom I had was sickening pain in my fingers when they started thawing out :o)
you are too lazy to read was that short enough?..Oh the link
Cold air might be bad for you - especially very deep breathes of very cold air and may lead to asthma and scarring -adapt behaviour - ride slower, face mask or stay in.
IF you are an a innuit ignore this you will be fine
Can someone re-title this thread - Soft Southern Shandy Drinkers Only please.
MTFU softlad.
On Friday, 5 of us did a little ride from Coniston to Hawkshead, stopped in the Kings Arms for a couple of pints till about 6:30 and then rode back via the NF Trail to the youth hostel at Coniston. When we got to Lawson, and stopped for my home made date & coconut flapjack and calvados out of the hip flask, I realised that we had stopped breathing out clouds of steam.
That must mean our lungs were as cold as the air outside. Scary.
Can someone re-title this thread - Soft Southern Shandy Drinkers Only please.MTFU softlad.
let it happen to you then Mr G. Not very pleasant at all. I now have a lot of sympathy for asthmatics.
simonfbarnes - Premier MemberGood grief, can somebody précis ? I rode in similar temperatures yesterday and the only symptom I had was sickening pain in my fingers when they started thawing out :o)
Basically, very cold air rapidly taking into the lungs can cause broncho-constriction, akin to having an asthma attack. The key to avoiding it is wearing a mask or covering the mouth so air is warmed slightly before entering the lungs.
You really think you have a different physiology just because you happen to live a few miles further north? Big difference between grumbling about being chilly and a strong physical response with the potential to incapacitate you in the cold. If you for any reason are rendered unable to move around the cold can do you in pretty damned quick.
Pook/Chris. Disagree. It was a small incline near the start of the ride. In this particular circumstance I would definitely get a professional second opinion from your GP. Healthy/young people can keel over with a heart problem. I'm a worrier by trade- still.
Ps. From childhood I suffered Bronchitis and Ive never experienced that! So I should have suffered that at least once in the cold? 😕
Healthy/young people can keel over with a heart problem
see Brittany Murphy keeling over at 32.
I've had bronchitis but nothing for a fair while (like 15+ years) but I wouldn't go anywhere in subzero temp without an inhaler to be on the safe side. Giving it any exertion in the cold without a scarf over my mouth can quickly bring on shortness of breath etc although if I calmly try and ease the hr etc it'll sort itself out over 5 minutes or so. Can see how it'd be easy enough to panic, especially if you've not experienced something similar before.
Woffle 10yrs for me (since I quit smoking funnily enough). I used to get regular annual severe chest infections. Sick of it. Weirdly my lungs/heart are quite powerful. Pity my weight is 3stone over along with chicken legs 🙁
